From Transgender to Transhuman: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Form by Martine Rothblatt

Author:Martine Rothblatt [Rothblatt, Martine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, General, Lesbian; Gay; Bisexual & Transgender eBooks, LGBT Studies, Transgender Studies
ISBN: 9781619143098
Amazon: B0054SCPKQ
Barnesnoble: B0054SCPKQ
Goodreads: 21393098
Publisher: Martine Rothblatt
Published: 2011-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

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JUSTICE AND GENDER:

THE MILESTONES AHEAD

“Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage.”

- Anais Nin

History is clear that sooner or later law must reflect the consensus of society. Equally evident is that over time the consensus of society always moves toward consistency with “objective reality,” with what seems most true in life.

As “women’s nature” appeared no less capable of exercising civil power than that of men, the law bent and reformed itself to provide equal rights for women and men. Society will next gradually absorb the findings of science that sex is a continuous concept. The consensus is already emerging that separate male and female “natures” are, in fact, a myth. People are realizing that male and female physiques are spread across a broad continuum and not separated into tall and strong or short and frail. Indeed, the average difference in size between persons with penises and those with vaginas is about 10 percent, less than almost every other primate, and this small difference is swamped by the differences within each genital group. Social workers are increasingly convinced that the ability of any person to contract for infants, nurture children, and parent kids is far more important than biological reproductive differences. As a consensus on all of these points emerges, the law will again bend and reform itself to eliminate any legal distinction based on sex.

It will take decades to fully indict and quash the apartheid of sex. Certain milestones can be anticipated along the way. The expected battles and final victories are (1) the elimination of sex on marriage applications, (2) the elimination of sex on all other government forms, including birth certificates, and (3) the elimination of sexually segregated public facilities, such as washrooms.

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